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War Chest Workers

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Three female war chest workers seated at a table sort war chest printed material. The wall in the background is covered with Madison War Chest posters. M...
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War Bond Department at 1st National Bank

Date: 06 20 1944
Description: Seven jumbo enlargements of photographs of World War II scenes used to create the War Bond selling exhibit at War Bond Department teller's booths at First ...
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Austrian Soldiers on a Railroad Car

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war.
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Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
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Civil War Monument in the Cambridge Village Square

Date: 11 01 2014
Description: Stone monument topped with a statue of a civil war soldier holding his rifle. The monument reads: "Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War 1...
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Spanish War Monument

Date: 1936
Description: View of a boulevard containing a Spanish war memorial statue. The plaque on the statue's base reads: "Memorial to those who served in the war with Spain, 1...
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Minneapolis Anti-War Rally

Date: 03 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War rally in Pioneer Park in Minneapolis held as part of the Second International Days of Protest, March 25-26.
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Hosea Rood

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Description: Photograph of cased image portrait of Hosea Rood in Civil War uniform.
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Star Wars

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Description: Still photo of Harrison Ford, as Han Solo, preparing to fire one of the Millenium Falcon's weapons in the film Star Wars.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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Bas-relief Sculpture of Civil War Union Troops on Revue

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Description: View of a bas-relief sculpture of Civil War Union troops on revue. The sculpture features men marching with firearms and men on horses. The inscription on ...
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Old Abe on Perch

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Description: A wood engraving of Old Abe, Civil War eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Civil War soldier standing and holding a rifle.
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Public Tomb, Chester, Vermont

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Description: View of a public tomb, built in 1850, outside a cemetery. A mounted canon and Civil War Soldiers Monument can be seen nearby.
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Robert Ryan and Phillip Pine in "Men in War"

Date: 1957
Description: Robert Ryan and Phillip Pine are seen in a still from the film "Men in War." Exhausted and with his eyes closed, Ryan rests his head against a Vickers mach...
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Polish Legion Trumpeter

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Evan M. Hughes, Capitol Theatre Doorman

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the...
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"The Council of War" Sculpture

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Description: Photograph of the sculpture "The Council of War" by John Rogers (1829-1904). From left to right: General Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary o...
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CUNA Representatives Presenting War Bond Checks

Date: 02 08 1944
Description: Seven members of the Madison Chapter of CUNA presenting checks for War Bonds to H.C. Jamieson, co-chair of the Dane County War Bond Committee, seated next ...
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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall

Date: 05 25 1962
Description: A general view of the "War museum," originally in the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Civil War Memorial hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State...

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